The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

There is a song by Three Day's Grace that goes as follows:

"I hate everything about you!
Why do I love you?"

YEP! That's Zelda in a nutshell.

Let me explain. I am a HUGE fan of the Legend of Zelda. Probably because Link's Awakening was the first video game I was EVER allowed to touch (due to it being the first game we owned with multiple save files).

Now let me be CLEAR . The Legend of Zelda is also one of the BITCHIEST game series on the market today. There is a portion in Link's Awakening where if you do not complete things in a VERY specific order, you cannot complete the game.

All other game in the series are just a huge pile of to much going on at once. How many times have you Zelda fans said this to yourselves:

"Okay if I go to the RIGHT I should be able to hop ACROSS the lava, beat the lizardman, hit the two switches in the time limit, and free the villager, I should wait to the LEFT until GAH MOTHERF#%$IN BATS!!"

A similar situation has happened in EVERY Zelda game. And it gets VERY irritating.

But again I do love this series and Skyward Sword is certainly no exception.

It is said that this game was made to shake the series up, because the series had slipped into the formula of all titles being similar to Ocarina of Time. This made me nervous. This was the same "it ain't broke, let's fix it!" attitude that produced Coke 2. But again this is a VERY competently made Zelda title. So imagine if Coke 2 was delicious but every time you opened the bottle it throttled you and took your wallet.

The story starts out as ALL Zelda stories do: You play as Link. The next in a long LINE of unlucky bastards. Excuse me, "Heroes of Time."

You live in a peaceful town. Training to work in a medial ( yet well paying) job, then settle down with the girl you've spent your life crushing on. Then live in humble and peaceful harmony.

Obviously this cannot stand!

An evil force rips the girl from your side and Link soon realizes that the fate of his country, nay, THE WORLD. Is now his problem. So, with a heart filled with pure exasperation. Link goes reluctantly forth.

That right there is one thing that's always gotten me about Zelda. The Link family line has no damn luck at all.

Ocarina of Time: You must do this to save us! You FOOL, by doing so you've killed us all!

Majora's Mask: Just get my trinket back from the mischievous boy who stole it, that's all. By the way, the trinket is INCREDIBLY evil, and the moon is going to collide with earth. Bye!

Link to the Past: As your father, my dying wish is that you uphold the destiny I happened to trip over

Skyward Sword: DEKU BABAS!!!

Now is as good a time as any to talk about the controls right? This game is the only actual reason why you would want a Wii Remote Plus. You swing your sword by swinging the wiimote about, but you should by no means be shy. You need very rapid and wide strokes to get much more then a stab going (at least I did anyway), so the SLIGHT chance you had of breaking a window if you weren't wearing the wrist strap, has turned into a 100% chance so put the strap on.

This ALSO means that by flailing your arms in the air you can turn link into a ball of pointy death.

I cannot describe the joy this brings me.

This approach works for most enemies but some of them require more precise cuts. Which brings me to the goddam Deku Babas.

Remember them? From Ocarina of Time? The things that took two SECONDS to kill and at the end you get a free Deku Stick? Not in this one! They require precise vertical or horizontal cuts

And this is also the time Link comes down with a crippling ailment wherein he can only slash diagonally.

Don't get me wrong EVENTUALLY you'll do it, but by then your almost dead, so it's best just to run.

Zelda is also known for epic looking (If underpowered) boss monsters. I am disappointed to find that the first boss is a reedy weak looking girly man. I mean seriously how tough could this "Demon Lord" POSSIBLY b- HOLY CRAPBALLS HE JUST TOOK MY SWORD!

What in HELL nintendo? Thats a bond of trust you just do NOT break. Link's sword has been the only thing he can actually TRUST for 25 years! You can't have a boss be able to TAKE it! All the odds are already stacked so high against the player your sniffing Mars but THIS?!?

Regardless I do love Skyward Sword. It is an immersive experience, and I'm sure Legend of Zelda fans will like it to.

We've put up with all other kinds of abuse before..... Frickin' Babas